. Henry II . 1177-9] HIS DOWNFALL AND DEATH 157 popular imagination, and his shrine was a centre ofpilgrimage long before St. Hugh had even left hisobscure priory for the great bishopric of great impulse was no doubt given to the adorationof St. Thomas by the events of 1174, when thecapture of the King of Scotland followed so imme-diately upon Henrys penance at Canterbury. Inthe twelfth century people did not talk of coincidenceor propound elaborate theories that the concentra-tion of Hem^ys mind upon the desire for victoryhad acted upon the brain centres of Ranulph deGlanvilles subc
. Henry II . 1177-9] HIS DOWNFALL AND DEATH 157 popular imagination, and his shrine was a centre ofpilgrimage long before St. Hugh had even left hisobscure priory for the great bishopric of great impulse was no doubt given to the adorationof St. Thomas by the events of 1174, when thecapture of the King of Scotland followed so imme-diately upon Henrys penance at Canterbury. Inthe twelfth century people did not talk of coincidenceor propound elaborate theories that the concentra-tion of Hem^ys mind upon the desire for victoryhad acted upon the brain centres of Ranulph deGlanvilles subconsciousness and spurred him on toaction. They simply accepted as a fact the personalintervention of St. Thomas, and Henry himselfcountenanced that view by going with his royal sonon a pilgrimage of thanksgiving to Canterbury on28th May 1175. Later in that year the youngQueen Margaret visited the shrine for the sake ofprayer, and it is not improbable that we havethe partial fulfilment of her petitions in the
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